Simon Cowell immediately noticed how nervous Nicole Caldwell was when she walked onto the X Factor stage. There was no doubt that she was filled with anxiety, she had overcome so many obstacles to get there. Her nerves were going crazy.

“I think I actually must be the most nervous person in Scotland,” Nicole told Simon. The judges were sympathizing with her jitters and offered her a hug before she started her performance.

Nicole had no need to be nervous, though. She should be nothing short of proud for accomplishing the goals she has in the past few years. Nicole struggled with her weight for years and decided to finally do something about it.

“So, two years ago I was like ‘I need to change something; this is not good.’ So I went on a sort of health kick and lost 5 stone,” she said (that’s 70 pounds). “I definitely held myself back for way too long and now it’s time to give myself a chance.”

Nicole announced to the judges that she would be performing her own rendition of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain.’ They couldn’t wait to hear what she had to offer. She worked so hard to get here.

Continue to the next page to watch her performance and see what the judges had to say about her voice! Her nerves definitely went away when she started to sing.

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